Not exact matches
Thankfully, Paramount keeps the heavy layer
of film grain inherent in this
print, opting
out of any DNR (digital
noise reduction) applications.
Ironically, most
of his takeaways are things that weren't unknown to anyone paying attention a year ago, including the value
of an email list; the importance
of an author's platform; the increasingly
out -
of - whack signal:
noise ratio in the market;
print as premium product; the power
of free promotions combined with targeted marketing; and, perhaps the most obvious, ebooks have a long way to go before they replace
print.
One suggestion is for temporary locations to sell ebooks and a limited selection
of print books to holiday shoppers who are weary
of waiting for friends or family members in the holiday rush, although audiobooks and
noise - cancelling headphones to block
out the endless loops or recorded Christmas carols might prove to be an even bigger sell.
Whether it was Tsutomu Nihei's cyberpunk trendsetter
NOiSE or Tomoko Ninomiya's all - time classical - music tearjerker Nodame Cantabile or Kouji Seo's Fuuka predecessor Suzuka, we haven't just been resurrecting long
out -
of -
print titles but in many cases finally completing those series so they could at last be read in their entirety in English.
Standing
out against the background
noise of the academic's busy desk, which is covered in postcards and
printed sheets and paperclips and envelopes, a clear diagonal line emerges in Dean's sequence
of images: the line
of Steinberg's tilted pen, travelling from the top - right corner
of the first image to the bottom - right
of the last.